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The Slate Port Pilot Southport, N. G. Published Every Wednesday JAMES M. HARPER, JR - Ed'** Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1938, at the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR SIX MONTHS THREE MONTHS Wednesday, December 11, 1946 Clean-Up Program This week the Southport Lions Club is giving a practical demonstration of what it had in mind when members went on record favoring a general clean-up program in this community. The grounds about the Community Building, whose purchase by the city was made possible through the efforts of this civic organization, are getting a thorough cleaning under the watch ful eye of Lion D. J. Smith. If this campaign is to be successful, then it will require the full cooperati on of all the citizens of Southport. If you haven't done anything about clean ing up your own yard or your own vacant lot, this will be a good week to begin. Clean up for Christmas! .$1.50 . 1.00 . .75 Help The Postmaster The postmaster in your community has a hard task ahead, but you can help make his job easier and help make it possible for him to render better service to you and to all the other patrons of your postoffice by follow ing a few simple rules during the Christmas rush. 1. Do your Christmas maling early. 2. Wrap securely; address plainly. 3. Call for your packages immedi ately notification. 4. Do not . block the way to the stamp window. 5. Your postmaster is friendly and courteous to you throughout the year. Be as thoughtful and cooperative as you possibly can during the next two weeks. : . | I ui 1 Dangerous Trend Recently we had something to say in these columns about the manner in which youngsters are permitted to roam the streets at night, and we mentioned at that time we are forunate that no serious problems in juvenile delinquen cy have developed as a result. Well, that development is underway; and one unmistakable sign is increasing evidences of vandalism on the part of these restless young people. Some of the Southport boys and girls apparently have fallen victim to Ha! owe'en fever, and believe that the sea son still is open for the destruction of property. The ideal cure for this situation, of course, is for the parents to begin to do their duty as such, and to start trying to make the home so attractive that their boys and girls will want to spend happy evening hours there in the fami ly group. The next best thing is for the devel opment of some organized recreation program that will afford these young folks wholesome amusement under the supervision of trained and responsible leaders. The third thing, and the only one that we may be sure we can offer just now, is a friendly word of warning to our young friends. Very often the only important difference between a practi cal joke and your trip before the juv enile judge is getting caught. A good way to stay out of trouble is to stay out of bad company, for exploits which frequently start out based upon the bravado of a boisterous group frequent ly wind up with one of the most inno cent participants being the goat. Whose Tail Is Burning The Saturday Evening Post recently ran an article on turkeys. To illustrate the birds' stupidity, the author cites instances where they roosted on lighted flares, thus slowly roasting themselves Alive, and apparently didn't know I whose tail was burning. The magnitude of the fire loss in this country makes the American people seem alarmingly like the turkeys. Fire is under and around them ? but they don't seem to know it. Some facts issued by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, which is conducting the most aggressive can. paign in its long history to make Amer ica conscious of the fire menace, tell part of the, story. One out of every hundred homes is destroyed or damag ed by fire each year. Every day, on the average, 110 stores burn. Fire strikes in 29,900 factories each year. The daily I total of theatre, hotel and restaurant fires runs to 78. It all adds up to a total loss which may exceed $600,000, 000 this year. If that doesn't impress you, maybe the fact that fire destroys between ten and elven thousand lives annually will. A turkey could save itself by the simple expedient of hopping off the burning flare. The American people could prevent something like 90 per cent of all fires by almost equally ex pedients. Proper care with smoking materials, plus periodic inspections and repairs of heating units and electrical equipment, would alone effect a gigan tic cut in the total loss. Turkeys are stupid. Their instinct of self preservation is inadequately de veloped. But we who permit loss and death by fire to continue at record levels, are in no uosition to laugh at them. . ? i About Roads In a long letter to this paper A. H. Graham, chairman of the State High way Commission, gives assuance that Brunswick county roads will receive every possible attention in 1947. As a matter of fact, much of that promised attention has already been started. Large forces of State Highway employees are now working on various roads in this county and others are scattered all about eliminating flood damage. Improvements are well under way and next year will see much per manent construction. From chairman Graham's letter it does not appear at this time that any long stretches of roads are due for paving along their entire length all at one time. But beginnings of paving will be made on a number of roads in 1947 and these roads will be completed as soon as they can be handled without undue interference with the keeping up of other roads. Chairman Graham's letter and the attitude it expressed was very pleasing. It distinctly convey a promise to see to it that in Brunswick, where little at tention has heretofore been paid and where road conditions have grown into serious problems, will be looked after in the future. A " Monstrous Thing " In the current government-labor cris is is posed the most serious domestic issue this country has faced since slav ery. Slavery leaders defied the govern ment by disregard of contract agree ment and appealing to liberties which in this instance are at best only rela tive. The slavery issue resulted in estab lishing a separate allegedly sovereign government which appealed to arms to authenticate it. The current trend of labor unions is to set up within the government structure a powerful orga nization equal in strength to the gov ernment itself and- capable of defying the government with impunity. The ob vious result of such an eventuality would be a breakdown of the republic just as surely as admission of the right of secession would have broken the re public. The preservation of the republic de mands that the government never ad mit the functioning of an organization within the governmental structure which has any such power. In his tacit and blunt defiance of the government, John L. Lewis has indicated his belief that the organization which he heads has arrived at that point where it can challenge with impunity the authority of the government in matters relating to the best interests of the people at large. Should the government back down in this crisis and give in as it has given in too many times before to labor lead ers, it will only weaken its position and hasten the time when a worse crisis ? ^ will arrive with a more serious threat to the very foundations of the republic, Sport Fishing Recognized t continued from page one; of more fully exploiting ita 309 mile coastline. Landlubbers Love It A recent preliminary survey in that state indicated that the per j centage of inlanders who come to the coast to fish is increasing strongly, a good portion of them traveling hundreds of miles from the middle west. For some rea son, New Jersey and Pennsylvania people are also devoted fishermen. And the number of men bringing their wives and families on their coastal expeditions is also Tow ing. The Department's belief in the rosy future of maritime sport fishing is based on these factors: (1) It involves one of the most fascinating recreational gadgets in the world ? the Ocean; (2) While the pursuit of the larger species (blue marlin, swordfish, etc.) requires con siderable time, skill, equipment, and money, nevertheless, the ocean also is inhabited by plenty of fish of respectable size and good fightirrg qualities, but which may be landed by the veriest tyro; (3) Whereas landlocked fishing involves the problem of supply of quarry, hook and line fishing of the ocean is unlikely to appreci ably deplete the stock; (4) Of all outdoor sports re quiring a minimum of gear and bother, and providing sun, water, and most likely to yield a tall trophy or a tall yarn, it is hard to beat Gulf Stream fishing. $1,000,000 Industry Already the business of cater ing to saltwater fishing is esti mated to be worth $1,000,000 or more annually in North Carolina. Boats operate out of 29 ports, varying from small inshore craft, to well-equipped two-engined par ty boats equipped to go 40 miles or more off-shore. But the "industry" Is not con fined to chartering of boats. It also Involves the housing and feeding of participants, and the provisioning of the parties, the acquisition of gear and bait, and | similar necessities, for all of which there is a charge. In some North Carolina communities, it is esti mated that up to 50 per cent of i the population caters to saltwater fishermen for a livelihood. As an example of the economic importance of the business, the communities in Southeastern North Carolina last year promot ed a fishing rodeo, and it was estimated that $200,000 was spent by sportsmen going after the $2,000 in prizes. Next year, the same area will offer $15,000 in prizes for game fish, and 50,000 fishermen are expected to parti cipate. The State proposes further de velopment of this marine re source by sponsoring deep-sea fishing explorations of present and potential offshore fishing grounds, by experiments into just how and when to entice nov un caught game "fish onto landlub ber hooks, the marking of old wrecks, and similar undertakings, all of this to be tied in with an over-all marine resources labora tory and school to be established on the coast. Already preliminary steps are being taken, and Miss Francesca La Monte, noted authority on game fish, and Secretary of the Internnational Game Fish Asso ciation, is preparing a report for inclusion in an all-over marine survey of the North Carolina Coast. It's A Business Regarded by some as a rather frivolous sort of enterprise, the serving of sport-fishermen is be ing developed into a specialized vocation. The most conspicuous figure in the business is the party 'boat operator, of whom there are now some thousands in the Unit ed States. His operation is be coming progressively more com plicated, and today involves con siderably more than leading his guests to a good fishing ground. Many of his clients are novices going to sea for the first time, and the popular captain often is ( : highly prized for his ability toi | make his guests comfortable and ! their outing interesting and en joyable. Larger party boats on this coast also carry a mate who is the "stern man." Here, especially, is required tact, courtesy and everlasting patience. The ideal stern man knows how to reassure nervous ladies crossing a rough bar, how to spin yarns, expertly bait hooks, mix drinks, and con sole the seasick and the luckless. He also gives diplomatic advice when an amateur handles a strike badly, and it is he who gaffs and boats the fish when at has been brought in. 1 $20 To $80 A Day Such a boat and such a crew will cost you around $80 per day in North Carolina. This in cludes use of the rods, reels and lures, and the privilege of sleep ing aboard the boat at night, a novelty greatly relished by high landers. That runs costs to from $8 to $20 apiece for the sports men. There are also smaller boats, ? manned by one sailor who does all the work, renting for from $20 to $35, and hundreds of row boats for $1.50 to $3 per day, if you handle them yourself, around $7 per day if the owner poles or rows you around for inshore fish ing. (1) The possibility iv^Jl several authorities) that ' a large producing center |y ing place) of fish just ^ North Carolina Coast; 1 (2) The fact that Cap, J teras is the joint meeting !S of both northern and species of fish; and (3) The fact that ft, ( Stream swings closer to thi? b than it does to any other after leaving Florida. Venice. Italy, is 150 mile, 4 ther north than Vladivostok j beria. This fleet of professional fish- 1 ing boats is vastly augmented at1 times when commercial fishermen charter" their hardy "workboats" for sport fishing' when the com mercial fishing is slack. As many as 25 such additions are available in some localities, and the prac tice has considerable significance in the economics of the commer cial fishing nidustry. Fishing piers also do a year-around business, I and there are even guides who' will take you surf-casting. j Sponsors of the move to ex- 1 pand the business on North Caro-I lina's Coast rely on the following I factors to Justify the program: EXPERT GREASING BRING US YOUR CAR AND LET US GET IT SET FOR WINTER DRIVING TEXACO SERVICE STATION G. W. PARISH Shallotte, N. C ESSO GASOLINE Motor Oil Lubricants Tire and Battery Service PEMBERTON'S ESSO STATION , BRUNSWICK RIVER BRIDGE -GOOD GULF We think it's the best motor fuel on the market, and we are proud to be the only dealer in the immediate1 vicinity of Southport who can supply you with this fine product. Use Good Gulf Motor Oil And Lubricants J. B.COCHRAN, General Merchandise SOUTHPORT, N. C. WE CARRY COMPLETE FURNISHINGS . FOR YOUR HOME . . . First Quality Linoleum Rugs Linoleum Floor Covering, Ironing Boards Electric Water Heaters G.E. Premier, Hamilton Beach and Apex Vacuum, Gleaners, Floor and Table Lamps of Various Styles. Radios, Radio & Phonograph Combinations. KITCHEN CABINET SINKS. JUST RECEIVED Shipment Of First Quality ? Linoleum Rugs and Linoleum Floor Coveringg Ironing Boards, Electric Water Heaters, G.-E. Premier, Hamilton Beach and Apex Vacuum Cleaners. . WE CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF FURNITURE Small and Large Electrical Appliances . . ? Radios and Combinations of Radios and Phonograph KING'S ELECTRICAL CO Furniture . . . Lighting Fixtures . . . Appli^ices Electrical Equipment SHALLOTTE, N. C. TIRES We can supply you with almost any size tire and tube. AUTO PARTS and ACCESSORIES ODELL BLANTON SUPPLY, N. C. MATTRESSES / Stripped ticking and other materials now available. Our specialty is overhauling old Mattresses and making new ones ! Now, in our new building, we will en deavor to get around Brunswick every two weeks delivering new mattresses and collect ing old ones. When possible, bring or send us your Old Mattresses for Overhauling. T. C. BAREFOOT MATTRESS CO. (NEAR BRUNSWICK RIVER BRIDGE) LELAND, N. G. PUSHING ALL THREE "RUSH" is a Standing Order for the record num ber of telephone men pushing the job of ? ? ? clearing telephone waiting lists ? ? ? extending farm telephone service ? ? ? expanding long distance facilities The job is tremendous and while material short ages will continue to hamper our speed, there'll be no let-up in "push" until there's plenty of service, local and long distance, for town and farm. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORfORATID TO TELEPHONE USERS Until more central office equipment con be rionefac tured and installed, service will be faster if ever on* will ? Ke?p calls brl?f ? Answer promptly . Avoid unnocoisary call* to^lnformation*
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